All About The Beautiful Game
The Swiss-born striker has hit the ground running for Ekstraklasa side KS Cracovia, who he joined this summer. Filip Stojilković needed just one minute to win over KS Cracovia fans. Specifically, one minute and fourteen seconds. That’s how long it took the Swiss-born striker to dispossess a defender, find a teammate, make a well-timed run, … Read more
Jakub Holúbek returned to his hometown club in the summer following spells with MŠK Žilina and Ekstraklasa side Piast Gliwice. When Jakub Holúbek’s contract expired last summer, it marked the end of his five-year spell in Poland. The left-back had an enjoyable stay in the Ekstraklasa, playing 103 times for Piast Gliwice, but his native … Read more
For just the second time in history, the Ekstraklasa Player of the Month and Young Player of the Month have gone to the same player. Filip Marchwiński won both awards after a strong start to the season, helping Lech Poznań take an early lead on top of the Ekstraklasa table. In July, Marchwiński scored both … Read more
The Polish national team has traditionally been very dependent on its league, the Ekstraklasa. However, that is a trend that is gradually shrinking: in the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, just four and three players from the league made the final roster, respectively. In each of their prior two appearances at the tournament (2002 and … Read more
In 2006, Legia Warsaw made one of the biggest mistakes in football history. Unconvinced by a virtually unknown reserve team prospect, the Polish giants shipped off a 17-year-old striker to the third tier of Poland for virtually nothing. That striker was Robert Lewandowski, who has gone on to become one of the best strikers in … Read more
Saturday, July 16th. Wisła Krakow, a club based in Poland’s third-biggest city, opened their season. However, something was unusual this year. The 13-time Polish champions were not facing off against one of Poland’s elite clubs, nor were they against an up-and-coming Ekstraklasa team. They weren’t facing an Ekstraklasa team at all: for the first time … Read more
In 2018, the Polish national team qualified for the World Cup. This was no big deal considering that 31 other teams qualified, but for Poland it was huge. In 1974-1982, for three consecutive World Cups, Poland finished as one of the top five teams at the tournament. They finished 3rd two of those times. In … Read more